Venezuela coronavirus: Doctors fear the worst as the global pandemic approaches
4 years, 9 months ago

Venezuela coronavirus: Doctors fear the worst as the global pandemic approaches

CNN  

Bogota CNN — In the seventh straight year of Venezuela’s bitter economic downfall, local doctors warn that this once-wealthy country has few defenses against the global coronavirus pandemic. “Venezuelan people will go hungry, will not have access to water and no access to hand washing and some will soon be homeless, all of which is risky for virus spread,” said Marianne Menjivar, International Rescue Committee’s Country Director of Colombia and Venezuela. Spencer Platt/Getty Images North America/Getty Images Last week, Venezuela announced it had received 4,000 Covid-19 testing kits from China, a key international ally of Maduro’s. As he has done for more than a year now, he has also called for the immediate removal of Maduro from power and to open the country to full humanitarian assistance – but the familiar call raises new concerns that the pandemic could become a new political battlefield between the two jousting administrations, with ordinary Venezuelans’ lives in the balance.

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Venezuela broke its HPV vaccine promises, and there’s barely any sex ed. Experts say it’s a problem
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Venezuela broke its HPV vaccine promises, and there’s barely any sex ed. Experts say it’s a problem

Associated Press  

PUTUCUAL, Venezuela — Some of the 10 women and teenage girls who recently came to a medical clinic in eastern Venezuela for free contraceptives fidgeted a bit when a community health worker taught them how to use an IUD, condoms and birth control pills correctly. A community health worker teaches a group of women and teenage girls about contraception methods, …

Venezuela’s alarmingly low vaccine rate among worst in world
2 years, 5 months ago

Venezuela’s alarmingly low vaccine rate among worst in world

Associated Press  

CARACAS, Venezuela — The wails pierced the walls of the walk-in clinic tucked among rundown homes in the heart of Venezuela’s capital. But an Associated Press analysis of rare government data and estimates from public health agencies shows that Venezuela’s vaccination crisis is growing, putting it among the world’s worst countries for inoculating children against potentially fatal diseases. “Equitable access …

Bolivia VP, 6 cabinet ministers infected with coronavirus
2 years, 11 months ago

Bolivia VP, 6 cabinet ministers infected with coronavirus

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Bolivia's vice president and six …

Spanish PM calls for debate on treating COVID-19 as endemic
2 years, 11 months ago

Spanish PM calls for debate on treating COVID-19 as endemic

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez …

Latin American leaders seek more vaccines at Andorra summit
3 years, 8 months ago

Latin American leaders seek more vaccines at Andorra summit

Associated Press  

MADRID — Representatives of 22 countries from Latin America and Europe’s Iberian Peninsula, in their first, mostly virtual meeting since the pandemic started, called for more equitable access to coronavirus vaccines and flexible funding for their economic recovery. Calling for a suspension of vaccine and drug patents, Bolivia’s President Luis Arce called for a reshuffle of “international standards that protect …

Covid-19 vaccine skepticism: Why vulnerable people are rejecting the vaccine in Colombia
3 years, 8 months ago

Covid-19 vaccine skepticism: Why vulnerable people are rejecting the vaccine in Colombia

CNN  

Usme CNN — Nixon Valera, a 42-year-old Venezuelan migrant selling empanadas in the streets of Bogota, does not want to receive vaccination against Covid-19. You must be crazy, I’ll never take it!” The opinion of these vaccine-skeptical Venezuelan migrants might be a stark contrast with the current worldwide run on vaccines – but such marginalized communities could be key to …

Colombia to extend coronavirus restrictions as infections rise
3 years, 9 months ago

Colombia to extend coronavirus restrictions as infections rise

Al Jazeera  

Nightly curfews will vary depending on intensive care unit occupancy rates in various Colombian cities, president says. Colombia will extend coronavirus-related curfews in various cities across the country, President Ivan Duque has announced, as intensive care unit admissions have increased amid a surge in infections. Bogota, the country’s capital, had ICU occupancy rates of 65.5 percent as of Saturday evening, …

Chile: Alarming rise in COVID cases despite vaccination efforts
3 years, 9 months ago

Chile: Alarming rise in COVID cases despite vaccination efforts

Al Jazeera  

Chile has been battling the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, which has turned out to be far more aggressive than the first one, despite the Latin American nation vaccinating more than one-third of its population. Dr Sebastian Ugarte, who runs the intensive care unit in Santiago’s Indisa clinic, said that every bed is occupied at his facility, even though …

Brazil’s hospitals buckle in absence of national virus plan
3 years, 9 months ago

Brazil’s hospitals buckle in absence of national virus plan

Al Jazeera  

Brazil’s hospitals are faltering as a highly contagious coronavirus variant tears through the country and the only attempt to create a national plan to contain COVID-19 has fallen short. For the last week, Brazilian governors sought to do something President Jair Bolsonaro obstinately rejects: cobble together a proposal for states to help curb the nation’s deadliest COVID-19 outbreak yet. “We …

A year of coronavirus: Trump is gone. It's time to let go of the partisan responses to the pandemic
3 years, 10 months ago

A year of coronavirus: Trump is gone. It's time to let go of the partisan responses to the pandemic

Salon  

After delaying long enough to cause serious anxiety among prominent public health experts, on Monday the Centers for Disease Control finally released their recommendations for people who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Many prominent public health experts celebrated the loosening of restrictions on vaccinated people because, as Harvard-based epidemiologist Julia Marcus explained on Twitter, "Vaccines provide a true reduction …

Brazil’s hospitals reach breaking point as health minister blames new coronavirus variants
3 years, 10 months ago

Brazil’s hospitals reach breaking point as health minister blames new coronavirus variants

CNN  

Sao Paulo CNN — Hospital ICUs are reaching their limits across Brazil, as health experts and state officials beg the government to impose stricter lockdown measures to reduce coronavirus transmission. Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello has acknowledged the crisis, telling state governors on Feb 25 that new coronavirus variants had made controlling the pandemic even more difficult, in a country where …

What's safe after coronavirus vaccination? Don't shed masks yet
3 years, 10 months ago

What's safe after coronavirus vaccination? Don't shed masks yet

India Today  

You're fully vaccinated against the coronavirus - now what? "You're asking a very logical question," Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert, responded when a 91-year-old California woman recently asked if she and her vaccinated friends could resume their mah-jongg games. But "the looming question," Fauci said during a White House coronavirus response briefing last week, is whether …

Coronavirus vaccines in South America: Inside the region’s race to vaccinate against Covid-19
3 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus vaccines in South America: Inside the region’s race to vaccinate against Covid-19

CNN  

Bogota CNN — The race for coronavirus vaccines is on across the world and South American policymakers are scrambling to catch up. The region accounts for roughly 15% of the world’s reported Covid-19 cases, but less than 3% of the global vaccine doses administered so far, according to data collected by Oxford University. As Cynthia Arnson, Director of the Latin …

Rising coronavirus cases, limited staff take South Africa's hospitals to brink of collapse
4 years ago

Rising coronavirus cases, limited staff take South Africa's hospitals to brink of collapse

ABC  

At the Retreat Community Health Centre in Cape Town, most patients who present with COVID-19 have mild symptoms. Key points: Doctors says South Africa's hospital system is on the brink of collapse Doctors says South Africa's hospital system is on the brink of collapse Healthcare workers are already having to decide who to allocate scarce resources to Healthcare workers are …

Venezuelans brave COVID wing to bathe, feed sick loved ones
4 years, 2 months ago

Venezuelans brave COVID wing to bathe, feed sick loved ones

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “If that person is your blood relative, you don’t …

Venezuelans fight virus in secret to avoid isolation centers
4 years, 4 months ago

Venezuelans fight virus in secret to avoid isolation centers

Associated Press  

CARACAS, Venezuela — Velacio Vicuña began to cough incessantly and felt feverish. But the tire salesman avoided getting a test for the new coronavirus, fearing that if it was positive, soldiers would take him from his home and force him to stay at one of the mandatory isolation centers that the Venezuelan government has set up for people with COVID-19. …

Coronavirus has a new epicentre in Latin America, and the pattern of contagion tells us a lot
4 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus has a new epicentre in Latin America, and the pattern of contagion tells us a lot

ABC  

Latin America is now the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic. Quality of governance laid bare The virus has not spread unabated in all Latin American cities. Mortality analyses conducted by the Coronavirus Resource Center at John Hopkins University show six of the countries most affected by COVID-19 worldwide are now in Latin America. The bottom-up work of social organisations in …

Coronavirus: Brazil becomes second country to pass 100,000 deaths after US
4 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus: Brazil becomes second country to pass 100,000 deaths after US

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Brazil’s coronavirus death toll …

Coronavirus surges in Quito after Ecuador eases lockdown
4 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus surges in Quito after Ecuador eases lockdown

Al Jazeera  

Hospitals in Quito are filling up and the crematoria at funeral parlors are pushed to keep up with demand. Struggling to breathe, Luis Gualotuna arrived before dawn Wednesday at a coronavirus testing site in the Ecuadorian capital of Quito, which has experienced an alarming surge in COVID-19 cases since the government started to reopen the economy last month. “The public …

Even countries that got coronavirus under control are now struggling. That’s deeply concerning for the rest of the world
4 years, 5 months ago

Even countries that got coronavirus under control are now struggling. That’s deeply concerning for the rest of the world

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — The coronavirus is “easily the most severe” public health emergency the World Health Organization has ever faced, its director-general said Monday, as countries that previously appeared to have the pandemic under control recorded an uptick in cases. Ben Cowling, a professor at Hong Kong University’s school of public health, wrote this week that “we may never …

What a month on Mexico’s coronavirus front line feels like
4 years, 5 months ago

What a month on Mexico’s coronavirus front line feels like

Al Jazeera  

We filmed in the ambulances, the hospitals and the hotspots, grappling with confusing messaging, grief and exhaustion. It was one of those emails – you feel like you are about to jump off a cliff edge and you’re not sure how deep the water below is. Twenty-four hours later we were flying down a Mexico City highway with paramedics Mydori …

Virus slams Bolivia as hospitals say: ‘There is no space’
4 years, 5 months ago

Virus slams Bolivia as hospitals say: ‘There is no space’

Associated Press  

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Police in Bolivia’s major cities have recovered the bodies of hundreds of suspected victims of the coronavirus from homes, vehicles and, in some instances, the streets. Many people are going through the same thing and nobody helps us,” said Herminia Carpio, sobbing as she waited to collect her brother’s body at the door of the largest …

Brazil hospitals overwhelmed as coronavirus cases cross 2 million
4 years, 5 months ago

Brazil hospitals overwhelmed as coronavirus cases cross 2 million

Al Jazeera  

Health authorities struggling to cope and treat COVID-19 patients as virus spreads to smaller cities in the country. At a public hospital in the city of Campinas, northwest of Sao Paulo, a video recorded by a doctor who works at the facility showed no intensive care unit beds available to treat COVID-19 patients. “We’ve had many days with a 100 …

More COVID-19 cases in Syria’s overcrowded rebel enclave
4 years, 5 months ago

More COVID-19 cases in Syria’s overcrowded rebel enclave

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — At least two doctors in Syria’s opposition-held northwest have been infected with the coronavirus, a monitoring group reported Saturday, the latest confirmed cases in the overcrowded rebel enclave. Observers fear the virus could spread easily in Idlib province, a concern compounded as Russia, an ally of the Syrian government, moved at the U.N. Security Council to reduce cross-border …

Surging US virus cases raise fear that progress is slipping
4 years, 6 months ago

Surging US virus cases raise fear that progress is slipping

Associated Press  

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Alarming surges in coronavirus cases across the U.S. South and West raised fears Monday that the outbreak is spiraling out of control and that hard-won progress against the scourge is slipping away because of resistance among many Americans to wearing masks and keeping their distance from others. We will most certainly see more people die as …

Cuba’s two pandemics: The coronavirus and the US embargo
4 years, 6 months ago

Cuba’s two pandemics: The coronavirus and the US embargo

Al Jazeera  

The Trump administration is trying to hinder Cuba’s efforts to tackle the coronavirus emergency at home and abroad. Based on this long experience, in 2005 Cuba decided to create the Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade to respond to natural disasters and serious epidemics across the world. It is a shame that the United States government has been trying to discredit …

Coronavirus Outbreak Updates: Chief medical superintendent in UP's Ambedkar Nagar district succumbs to COVID-19; state reports 389 new cases today
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus Outbreak Updates: Chief medical superintendent in UP's Ambedkar Nagar district succumbs to COVID-19; state reports 389 new cases today

Firstpost  

11:20 PM Whatsapp Facebook Twitter Coronavirus Pandemic Latest Updates In poor regions, easing virus lockdowns brings new risks As many countries gingerly start lifting their lockdown measures, experts worry that a further surge of the coronavirus in under-developed regions with shaky health systems could undermine efforts to halt the pandemic, and they say more realistic options are needed. Brazil, Mexico, …

Latin America is losing the battle against coronavirus
4 years, 7 months ago

Latin America is losing the battle against coronavirus

CNN  

Mexico City CNN — It’s been another bad week for Latin America. “We are especially worried about Central and South America, where many countries are witnessing accelerating epidemics,” World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday. In the country’s most populous state of São Paulo, the Health Ministry coordinator says some coronavirus cases have likely been recorded as …

Bolivia strains under coronavirus pandemic as cases top 10,000
4 years, 7 months ago

Bolivia strains under coronavirus pandemic as cases top 10,000

Al Jazeera  

Experts worry the easing of a lockdown meant to stem the virus’s spread could spark a rise in cases. “It’s very saddening to see the number of infections we have each day,” said Ignacia Castedo, an elderly woman from Trinidad, one of the worst-hit cities in the country. In Bolivia, a country of around 11.7 million people, the government is …

Coronavirus pandemic exposes inequality in Ecuador’s Guayaquil
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus pandemic exposes inequality in Ecuador’s Guayaquil

Al Jazeera  

When Victoria Sanchez and her mother, Eufemia Nicolaza Sanches Pin, showed up at their local public hospital in Ecuador’s Guayaquil for Sanches Pin’s weekly dialysis treatment last month, hospital staff refused to let the mother, a diabetic, in because she had a runny nose. Ricardo Ramirez Aguirre, a retired physician in Guayaquil and head of a regional Anti-Corruption Commission, said …

Venezuela health system ‘grossly unprepared’ for COVID-19 crisis
4 years, 7 months ago

Venezuela health system ‘grossly unprepared’ for COVID-19 crisis

Al Jazeera  

Venezuela has 1,177 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 10 deaths, but rights groups say the real numbers are much higher. The Venezuelan healthcare system is “grossly unprepared” to cope with the coronavirus pandemic, further “jeopardising the health of Venezuelans and threatening to contribute to spread of the disease”, human rights groups and healthcare experts said on Tuesday. Human Rights Watch …

Guatemala angry over coronavirus-infected deportees: Live updates
4 years, 7 months ago

Guatemala angry over coronavirus-infected deportees: Live updates

Al Jazeera  

Guatemala’s President Alejandro Giammattei attacks Trump over US deportations of migrants infected with the virus. “We understand that the United States wants to deport people, we understand that, but what we don’t understand is that they send us contaminated flights.” 17:40 GMT – UK signs contracts for 10 million antibody tests Britain will buy 10 million coronavirus antibody tests from …

Brazil coronavirus: Hospitals on brink of collapse as Bolsonaro does pushups with supporters
4 years, 7 months ago

Brazil coronavirus: Hospitals on brink of collapse as Bolsonaro does pushups with supporters

CNN  

Sao Paulo, Brazil CNN — The health care system in Brazil’s largest city is wavering on the brink of collapse and coronavirus deaths throughout the South American nation are soaring – but President Jair Bolsonaro nonetheless reveled in crowds of supporters on Sunday, joining yet another anti-lockdown protest in Brasilia. With Brazil still approaching its peak of cases, Sao Paulo’s …

Coronavirus could infect more than 200 million people in Africa: WHO
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus could infect more than 200 million people in Africa: WHO

Deccan Chronicle  

Paris: The new coronavirus could kill 150,000 people in Africa in a year unless urgent action is taken, according to a WHO modelling study that says nearly a quarter of a billion people will be infected. But while they said many African nations had been swift to adopt containment measures, they warned that health systems could still quickly become overwhelmed. …

Coronavirus | World Health Organisation says the virus may never go away
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus | World Health Organisation says the virus may never go away

The Hindu  

New coronavirus clusters have surfaced around the world as nations struggle to balance reopening economies and preventing a second wave of infections, while a top global health official warned Wednesday that COVID-19 could be around for a long time. A top World Health Organization official, meanwhile, warned that it’s possible the new coronavirus may be here to stay. "This virus …

Trump admin monitoring coronavirus conditions in Latin America, weighing next steps
4 years, 8 months ago

Trump admin monitoring coronavirus conditions in Latin America, weighing next steps

CNN  

CNN — The Trump administration is tracking coronavirus conditions in Mexico and Latin America amid concerns that the situation might deteriorate and drive migration north as cases in the region increase. In recent days, President Donald Trump has repeatedly remarked on the conditions in Latin America, suggesting in a tweet that California “doesn’t want people coming over the Southern Border” …

Brazil becoming coronavirus hot spot as testing falters
4 years, 8 months ago

Brazil becoming coronavirus hot spot as testing falters

Associated Press  

RIO DE JANEIRO — Cases of the new coronavirus are overwhelming hospitals, morgues and cemeteries across Brazil as Latin America’s largest nation veers closer to becoming one of the world’s pandemic hot spots. “We should do many more tests than we’re doing, but the laboratory here is working at full steam,” said Keny Colares, an infectious disease specialist at the …

How coronavirus could spread like wildfire in Brazil’s favelas
4 years, 8 months ago

How coronavirus could spread like wildfire in Brazil’s favelas

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “ don’t think that coronavirus is something serious,” …

Mexico coronavirus: Medical workers are being attacked over infection fears
4 years, 8 months ago

Mexico coronavirus: Medical workers are being attacked over infection fears

CNN  

Mexico City CNN — Dr. Alondra Jovanna Torres was walking her dogs on a tranquil street near her house in Guadalajara when the attack happened. “It is deeply outrageous that medical personnel are being attacked,” said Deputy Health Secretary Hugo López-Gatell, the official leading Mexico’s coronavirus response. “It’s alarming that there are people channeling very basic emotions like fear and …

Coronavirus hit ‘like a bomb’ in Ecuador’s capitol — and mortuaries are ‘overwhelmed’: report
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus hit ‘like a bomb’ in Ecuador’s capitol — and mortuaries are ‘overwhelmed’: report

Raw Story  

Ecuador's economic capital Guayaquil is reeling from the most aggressive outbreak of COVID-19 in Latin America after the pandemic hit the city "like a bomb," its mayor said. 'Unprepared' The 54-year-old mayor admitted the city was "unprepared" for the onslaught: "Nobody believed that what we saw in Wuhan, people falling dead in the streets, would ever happen here." "This is …

Cuban doctors fighting virus around world
4 years, 9 months ago

Cuban doctors fighting virus around world

The Hindu  

Labelling the doctors and nurses as both exploited workers and agents of communist indoctrination, the U.S. has notched a series of victories as Brazil, Ecuador and Bolivia sent home thousands after leftist governments allied with Havana were replaced with ones friendlier to Washington. The coronavirus pandemic has brought a reversal of fortune for Cuban medical diplomacy, as doctors have flown …

Spain's Health Staff Are Catching The Coronavirus As Protective Gear Runs Short
4 years, 9 months ago

Spain's Health Staff Are Catching The Coronavirus As Protective Gear Runs Short

NPR  

Spain's Health Staff Are Catching The Coronavirus As Protective Gear Runs Short Enlarge this image toggle caption Manu Fernandez/AP Manu Fernandez/AP Spain is one of the countries worst-hit by the new coronavirus pandemic. Sponsor Message Hospitals need more COVID-19 test kits, ventilators, intensive care unit beds and even basic protective gear, says emergency physician Tomás Toranzo, president of the Spanish …

In Spain, thousands on coronavirus front lines become infected
4 years, 9 months ago

In Spain, thousands on coronavirus front lines become infected

Al Jazeera  

As resources run dangerously low and more healthcare workers get sick, new restrictions are added to Spanish shutdown. Granada, Spain – Spain’s uphill struggle against coronavirus showed worryingly few signs of easing on Monday, as government officials confirmed 12,298 health workers had now been infected by the virus, and the country’s total number of cases – 85,195 – is now …

Coronavirus Outbreak: Cuba’s response to the pandemic is a testament to human solidarity in a global crisis
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus Outbreak: Cuba’s response to the pandemic is a testament to human solidarity in a global crisis

Firstpost  

Despite being a poor country that often experiences shortages, Cuba was better positioned than most to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. Cuba mobilizes against the virus Despite being a poor country that often experiences shortages — a product of both the economy’s structural flaws and the effects of sixty years of economic embargo by its largest natural trading partner — …

Cuba: Coronavirus-hit countries ask for medical help and why the US is opposed
4 years, 9 months ago

Cuba: Coronavirus-hit countries ask for medical help and why the US is opposed

CNN  

Havana CNN — Cuba is offering to send doctors to more countries struggling with the coronavirus. As health care systems around the world are strained to the point of collapse, Cuban health care “brigades” have been invited to assist medical workers in Italy, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Suriname, Jamaica and Grenada. “Host countries seeking Cuba’s help for #COVIDー19 should scrutinize agreements and …

‘We are collapsing': Virus pummels medics in Spain and Italy
4 years, 9 months ago

‘We are collapsing': Virus pummels medics in Spain and Italy

Associated Press  

MADRID — By the time Patricia Núñez’s cough started, she was already familiar with the dreaded dry hacking sound tormenting patients who had for weeks been filling the Madrid emergency ward where she works. On Wednesday, the number of medical personnel infected was nearly 6,500 nationally, health authorities said, representing 13.6% of the country’s 47,600 total cases and about 1% …

Mexico’s coronavirus fight has just begun. Doctors say they’re already running out of masks
4 years, 9 months ago

Mexico’s coronavirus fight has just begun. Doctors say they’re already running out of masks

LA Times  

Worshipers attend Mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Guadalajara in Mexico on March 15, 2020. But within the medical community there were growing concerns that the government has moved too slowly, leaving Mexico’s public healthcare system unprepared to fight a major outbreak of the disease. Last year, the head of Mexico’s Social Security Institute stepped down and issued an unusual …

Venezuela, already in crisis mode, struggles to fight coronavirus
4 years, 9 months ago

Venezuela, already in crisis mode, struggles to fight coronavirus

Al Jazeera  

Even before the coronavirus pandemic swept across the world, healthcare professionals in Venezuela contended with an endless shortage of medicine and equipment. “We are facing an unknown disease, without knowing what the behaviour will be in our country,” said Dr Oscar Noguera, an internist and director of Ancora Humanistas, a nongovernmental organisation in Venezuela. “The number of intensive care beds …

Dev 360: Navigating uncertainty in the time of coronavirus
4 years, 9 months ago

Dev 360: Navigating uncertainty in the time of coronavirus

Deccan Chronicle  

Let us face it. In an unusual move, the Maharashtra government has decided to “stamp” behind the left palm of all persons who have been asked to be in “home quarantine” in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. The quality of hygiene in many quarantine facilities leave much to be desired But fear and lack of trust can have devastating …

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